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- [UNTITLED]
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- General Introduction to the Handbook
- Introduction
- Wetland Occupations in Prehistoric Europe
- Europe's Wetlands from the Migration Period to the Middle Ages: Settlement, Exploitation, and Transformation, ad 400–1500
- Occupations of Past Wetland Environments in the United States
- People–Wetland Interaction in Canada
- Pre-Columbian People and the Wetlands in Central and South America
- People and Wetlands in Africa
- Wetland Archaeology and the Role of Marshes in the Ancient Middle East
- The Past Eastern Russian Wetlands: Review of the Prehistoric Occupation, Chronology, Economy, and Environment
- Prehistoric Wetland Occupations in the Lower Regions of the Yangtze River, China
- Wetland Sites in Japan
- Wetland Occupations in New Zealand
- Australian Wetland Occupation Before and After the Europeans
- Wetland Archaeology in the Highlands of New Guinea
- Waterlogged Archaeological Evidence
- Lake-Dwellings in the Alpine Region
- Irish and Scottish Crannogs
- Houses, Households, and Settlements: Architecture and Living Spaces
- Portable Wooden Objects from Wetlands
- Fishing Traps and Weirs on the Northwest Coast of North America New Approaches and New Insights
- Bone and Antler Artefacts in Wetland Sites
- Trackways and Roads Across the Wetlands
- Rivers and Lakes: A Network of Wetland Highways
- Bog Bodies: Underwater Burials, Sacrifices, and Executions
- Survey and Excavation
- Detecting Organic Materials in Waterlogged Sediments
- Underwater Survey and Acoustic Detection and Characterization of Archaeological Materials
- Archaeological Strategies for Terrestrial Wetland Landscapes
- Intertidal Survey and Excavation
- Excavating Wet Sites
- Multidisciplinary Scientific Network
- Archaeobotany: Analyses of Plant Remains from Waterlogged Archaeological Sites
- Insect Analysis in Wetland Archaeology
- Palaeoecological Reconstructions
- Geoarchaeological and Soil Micromorphological Studies in Wetland Archaeology
- Ancient Dna Research on Wetland Archaeological Evidence
- Palaeoclimatology and Archaeology in the Wetlands
- Radiocarbon Dating of Wetland Sites
- Dendrochronology in Wetland Archaeology
- Lacustrine Varve Counting as a Dating Technique: Advantages and Disadvantages
- A Vulnerable Cultural Heritage
- Preservation Against Erosion: Protecting Lake Shores and Coastal Environments
- Post-Excavation Treatment Methods for Waterlogged Organic Archaeological Materials: The Last Twenty Years
- International and National Wetland Management Policies
- Wet-Site Archaeology on the Northwest Coast of North America and the Native Communities’ Involvement in Managing their Wetland Heritage Sites
- Changing Research Attitude
- Wetland Archaeology in the 21st Century: Adapting to Climate Change
- Life History Approaches and Wetland Habitation: A Later Prehistoric Case Study from the Dutch Delta
- Rhythm of Wetlandlife Seasonality and Sociality
- Towards an Anthropology of Wetland Archaeology: Hunter-Gatherers and Wetlands in Theory and Practice
- Long-Distance Trade Routes Linked to Wetland Settlements
- Integrating Dry Lands and Wetlands in Late Prehistoric Farming Regimes
- People, Lakes,and Forestsin the Baltic Region A Prehistoric Perspective
- Wetland Archaeology and the Public
- Wetland Archaeology in the Media and Popular Literature: Loosening the Scholarly Taboos of the 20th Century
- Informing the Public: Bridging the Gap between Experts and Enthusiasts
- Museum Exhibitions, Open-Air Museums, and Hands-On Archaeology
- The Lake-Dwelling Diaspora: Museums, Private Collectors, and the Evolution of Ethics in Archaeology
- Epilogue
- The Archaeology of Wetlands: A Personal Journey
- Reminiscences of a Wetland Archaeologist
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Lacustrine varves are formed due to seasonal changes in biogenic production, water chemistry, and inflow of mineral matter. In theory, annual layer-counting can provide a varve chronology with single-year resolution for periods ranging from hundreds to more than ten thousand years into the past. Varve chronology can provide an opportunity to estimate the true duration of both natural and human-induced events, which is necessary for a basic understanding of historical and archaeological questions. Thus, a varve chronology can overcome some limitations in other dating techniques such as dendrochronology, radiometric dating, and ice-core dating. This chapter, based on the construction of the long varve chronology from Lake Suigetsu and other varve studies, discusses how to develop accurate and precise varve chronologies, and the limitations and advantages of varve chronologies compared with other dating methods.
Keywords: dating methods, varve chronology, Lake Suigetsu
Hiroyuki Kitagawa
Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan
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- [UNTITLED]
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- General Introduction to the Handbook
- Introduction
- Wetland Occupations in Prehistoric Europe
- Europe's Wetlands from the Migration Period to the Middle Ages: Settlement, Exploitation, and Transformation, ad 400–1500
- Occupations of Past Wetland Environments in the United States
- People–Wetland Interaction in Canada
- Pre-Columbian People and the Wetlands in Central and South America
- People and Wetlands in Africa
- Wetland Archaeology and the Role of Marshes in the Ancient Middle East
- The Past Eastern Russian Wetlands: Review of the Prehistoric Occupation, Chronology, Economy, and Environment
- Prehistoric Wetland Occupations in the Lower Regions of the Yangtze River, China
- Wetland Sites in Japan
- Wetland Occupations in New Zealand
- Australian Wetland Occupation Before and After the Europeans
- Wetland Archaeology in the Highlands of New Guinea
- Waterlogged Archaeological Evidence
- Lake-Dwellings in the Alpine Region
- Irish and Scottish Crannogs
- Houses, Households, and Settlements: Architecture and Living Spaces
- Portable Wooden Objects from Wetlands
- Fishing Traps and Weirs on the Northwest Coast of North America New Approaches and New Insights
- Bone and Antler Artefacts in Wetland Sites
- Trackways and Roads Across the Wetlands
- Rivers and Lakes: A Network of Wetland Highways
- Bog Bodies: Underwater Burials, Sacrifices, and Executions
- Survey and Excavation
- Detecting Organic Materials in Waterlogged Sediments
- Underwater Survey and Acoustic Detection and Characterization of Archaeological Materials
- Archaeological Strategies for Terrestrial Wetland Landscapes
- Intertidal Survey and Excavation
- Excavating Wet Sites
- Multidisciplinary Scientific Network
- Archaeobotany: Analyses of Plant Remains from Waterlogged Archaeological Sites
- Insect Analysis in Wetland Archaeology
- Palaeoecological Reconstructions
- Geoarchaeological and Soil Micromorphological Studies in Wetland Archaeology
- Ancient Dna Research on Wetland Archaeological Evidence
- Palaeoclimatology and Archaeology in the Wetlands
- Radiocarbon Dating of Wetland Sites
- Dendrochronology in Wetland Archaeology
- Lacustrine Varve Counting as a Dating Technique: Advantages and Disadvantages
- A Vulnerable Cultural Heritage
- Preservation Against Erosion: Protecting Lake Shores and Coastal Environments
- Post-Excavation Treatment Methods for Waterlogged Organic Archaeological Materials: The Last Twenty Years
- International and National Wetland Management Policies
- Wet-Site Archaeology on the Northwest Coast of North America and the Native Communities’ Involvement in Managing their Wetland Heritage Sites
- Changing Research Attitude
- Wetland Archaeology in the 21st Century: Adapting to Climate Change
- Life History Approaches and Wetland Habitation: A Later Prehistoric Case Study from the Dutch Delta
- Rhythm of Wetlandlife Seasonality and Sociality
- Towards an Anthropology of Wetland Archaeology: Hunter-Gatherers and Wetlands in Theory and Practice
- Long-Distance Trade Routes Linked to Wetland Settlements
- Integrating Dry Lands and Wetlands in Late Prehistoric Farming Regimes
- People, Lakes,and Forestsin the Baltic Region A Prehistoric Perspective
- Wetland Archaeology and the Public
- Wetland Archaeology in the Media and Popular Literature: Loosening the Scholarly Taboos of the 20th Century
- Informing the Public: Bridging the Gap between Experts and Enthusiasts
- Museum Exhibitions, Open-Air Museums, and Hands-On Archaeology
- The Lake-Dwelling Diaspora: Museums, Private Collectors, and the Evolution of Ethics in Archaeology
- Epilogue
- The Archaeology of Wetlands: A Personal Journey
- Reminiscences of a Wetland Archaeologist
- Index
